Builders of a New South [electronic resource] : merchants, capital, and the remaking of Natchez, 1865-1914 / Aaron D. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Aaron D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Merchants--Mississippi--Natchez--Case studies.

Merchants.

Natchez (Miss.)--Commerce--History--19th century.

Natchez (Miss.).

Natchez (Miss.)--Commerce--History--20th century.

Natchez (Miss.)--Economic conditions.

Natchez (Miss.)--Social conditions.

Natchez (Miss.)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Builders of a New South describes how, between 1865 and 1914, ten Natchez mercantile families emerged as leading purveyors in the wholesale plantation supply and cotton handling business, and soon became a dominant force in the social and economic Reconstruction of the Natchez District. They were able to take advantage of postwar conditions in Natchez to gain mercantile prominence by supplying planters and black sharecroppers in the plantation supply and cotton buying business. They parlayed this initial success into cotton plantation ownership and became important local businessmen

Contents:

Old ways and new realities

Merchant communities

Crop liens, freedmen, and planters

A new kind of planter

Merchant life and social capital

A dangerous business.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-62103-059-8

OCLC:

794306442